World Series Game Capsule

St. Louis, MO (SportsNetwork.com) - Jon Lester put his name among other Red
Sox legends with a sublime Game 5 performance that has Boston one win away
from its third World Series title since 2004. Lester retired 12 straight at
one point Monday and Boston scored twice in the seventh to take a pivotal
3-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. It was the fourth
consecutive game decided by two runs or less in this roller-coaster Fall
Classic, with the Red Sox taking the last two on the road for a 3-2 series
lead. Lester (2-0) allowed only four hits, did not walk a batter and
struck out seven over 7 2/3 innings to join Curt Schilling and Pedro Martinez
as the only Boston pitchers with six career postseason wins. David Ross broke
a 1-1 tie with an RBI double in the seventh, the sixth time in these playoffs
the Red Sox have pushed across the go-ahead run in the sixth inning or later
of a victory. David Ortiz had another productive night for Boston, going 3-
for-4 with an RBI to boost his average in the series to an otherworldly
.733 (11-of-15). He matched Billy Hatcher's World Series record by reaching
base in nine straight plate appearances before lining out in the sixth. Ortiz
doubled in a run in the first inning against Adam Wainwright (0-2), who
settled in after another slow start but faltered late to suffer his second
loss of the series. Like the setback in Game 1, the only run St. Louis
mustered came on a Matt Holliday homer. The series shifts back to Boston for
Game 6 on Wednesday, with Michael Wacha squaring off against John Lackey in
a rematch of Game 2 won by the Cardinals rookie.